Bauchi Fulani Community Seeks Action On Nomadic School

Residents of Fulani nomad of Sabon-Garin Yisin, a community in Tafawa Balewa local government area of Bauchi State have bemoaned the decayed state of the art facilities in the only nomadic school serving pupils in the area.

LEADERSHIP gathered that leaders of the community feared, without government’s intervention, that the future of 150 pupils in the community would remain bleak.

The leader of the community, Malam Luje Mohammed disclosed this during an advocacy visit to the community by a not-for-profit group, Women Development Initiative for Self Sustenance (WODASS).

He said the only block of classrooms built with mud through self-help was grossly inadequate to meet the educational needs of the surging  population of nomads children who aspire to succeed in acquiring both Islamic and Western Education.

Muhammed said the lone building now serves the interest of primary four-five classes while other pupils take lessons in the open.

The leader who took the visiting team around the school site, complained about the lack of teaching aids, portable water and teaching materials.

He revealed that the community relies on indigenous graduates serving as volunteer teachers.

He called on the Nomadic Education Commission to come to their aid by correcting the wrong perception that Fulani people dislike all forms of education, assuring that if a permanent structure is built, parents who have withdrawn their children will be encouraged to bring them back.

Also, the leader of Fulani nomads of Rugan-Gambo, Malam Gambo Abdullahi said a two- kilometre distance between his community and Jambil was stressful for children of the area and therefore urged the local council and SUBEB to set up a school at Rugan Gambo.